Climate twins of Lakeview, OR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lakeview's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.

Side-by-side: Lakeview vs its climate twin

Top match: Sprague, WA

Month Lakeview Sprague
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 39.1°F 21.7°F 1.88 in 34.9°F 22.9°F 1.59 in
February 41.7°F 23.9°F 1.60 in 40.6°F 24.7°F 1.05 in
March 49.1°F 27.8°F 1.38 in 51.0°F 29.3°F 1.38 in
April 54.9°F 31.1°F 1.54 in 59.8°F 32.8°F 0.97 in
May 64.5°F 38.1°F 1.37 in 68.9°F 39.5°F 1.13 in
June 74.5°F 44.3°F 0.83 in 75.4°F 44.1°F 0.91 in
July 86.1°F 51.3°F 0.32 in 85.4°F 48.8°F 0.37 in
August 84.8°F 48.8°F 0.19 in 85.1°F 48.6°F 0.32 in
September 76.4°F 40.4°F 0.62 in 75.9°F 42.2°F 0.43 in
October 63.3°F 32.9°F 0.96 in 60.3°F 33.8°F 1.16 in
November 48.5°F 26.8°F 1.66 in 44.2°F 27.7°F 1.54 in
December 38.0°F 21.0°F 2.07 in 34.3°F 21.8°F 1.79 in

How this is computed

Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →